{"id":141867,"date":"2026-02-22T16:46:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/141867\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T16:46:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:46:28","slug":"nypd-seeks-man-in-connection-with-fatal-midtown-manhattan-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/141867\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD seeks man in connection with fatal Midtown Manhattan shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5X2MOB4CQJEZTMJUGWYXST33BM\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Police are asking for the public\u2019s help identifying a man wanted for questioning in connection with a fatal shooting in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LCRNRWG7YNGWRMUWE5EEEKJ5IU\">Around 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12, police responded to a 911 call reporting an assault near the intersection of 8th Avenue and West 39th Street in Midtown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"42FXSVECOZC7XJQQLORHILG37A\">When they arrived, they found Mark Jackson, 43, with a gunshot wound to his neck. EMS would later pronounce Jackson dead on the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MDVDVFG32BCZ7PPQGO2IGFHDSA\">Police describe the man they are seeking as having a dark complexion. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CDL6XOWEHZB7NAVUFYRYWOG5NE\">He was last seen wearing a dark-colored sweater with white lettering on the front, multicolored pants and gray sneakers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NGDL7SLK4FAJLDRBQLC2A67ZIE\">The man was also seen wearing a black backpack and a blue medical mask over his face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"W3YFNCKFA5DB7JVFSVGMIGZVAE\">According to police, the individual was last seen entering the 50th Street subway station and boarding a C train heading northbound.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"nws midtown shooting\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MVBXQVQF4VH6HFKFX5YSUAFSCQ.jpg\"  \/>The NYPD is seeking the public&#8217;s assistance in identifying a man sought for questioning in connection to a fatal shooting in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Courtesy of NYPD<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NJMIQ25XGNCZ7EOTIJTWHF47NI\">Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crimestoppers website at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/<\/a>, or on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XZKBK7AGRRASBB3LJMUAXY3WGU\">All calls are strictly confidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Police are asking for the public\u2019s help identifying a man wanted for questioning in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-141867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}